((laura 2shot) good morning, i'm laura moody >>laura: good morning. i'm laura moody. >>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. happy black friday, everybody. >>laura: that was spunky. >>russell: i know. wasn't it? what are you doing? you're in for dave. how are you? >>jim: i'm doing pretty good. talking, doing a little trick here. we're actually starting off we had a nice start, a lot of clouds around first thing this morning, starting to see the sun breaking through the clouds. really a nice view over lakeland right now with scattered clouds and it's going to be another warm afternoon. we're starting out pretty mild in tampa. right now it's 68 degrees. sarasota, 68 degrees. st. petersburg currently sits at 67 degrees. we continue that warming trend. in fact, you can see most areas right now sitting between about, say, four to seven degrees yesterday. yesterday we had a daytime high of 83 degrees and we're going to be in the 80s for this afternoon. by lunchtime, we're heading into the mid and upper 70s. we top out into the 80s for this afternoon. we're looking at a couple of

i'm laura moody >>laura: good morning. it's wednesday, november 16. i'm laura moody. >>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. grab a light jacket, right, dave? >>dave: and your sunglasses. it's going to be a beautiful day. we cleared out yesterday afternoon and because of that and the dry air, that's why it's quite chilly this morning but gorgeous sunrise over lake mirror this morning. walking out the door, tampa looking at upper 50s right now for temperatures. starting in the upper 50s. as you go north, you're going to hernando county, citrus county, temperatures are in the 40s. no worry, though. fast warmup should bring us to the mid to upper 70s later today. >>vanessa: and on the gandy bridge it looks like the scene that we were watching for a lights, we're not seeing any boats in the water or anything like that. i don't think it will be a concern from here on out. but if we do find anything out as far as what was happening there, we will let you know. we have a new crash reported in pinellas and it could be causing some delays soon but not right now. we know that severa

((laura)) i'm laura moody.. let's get this half hour started with dave. >>laura: i'm laura moody. let's get this half hour started with the way we always do. >> it is. >>dave: around the water we'll science center. it's the mid 60s in pinellas county. anybody close to those main bodies of water. but the second you get away from those, it's in the 50s and the 40s. citrus and hernando county are starting in the 40s. i'm looking at tampa's temperature right now in the lower 60s and we'll get to the upper 70s for today. mostly sunny, low humidity, a in pinellas county and it's going to be blocking what appears to be the exit ramp off 275. we'll show you that live picture right now. this is at mlk. pinellas county, 275 at mlk and it appears to be southbound the exit ramp that's going to be blocked here. we did see a few minutes ago some cars coming down that ramp and they were able to just barely squeak by around the crash site, on the shoulder there. it letting folks do that. it may be slower than normal and crews working on the side of the road. if you head that way, give yourself a

>>laura: good morning. i'm laura moody. >>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. let's get to dave for the all important thanksgiving eve forecast. >>dave: it's a little warmer outside this morning and nicer. dew points are up so we're getting back to normal. and how pretty is this? tampa net cam, 58 degrees with a northeast wind hour. now i'm going to head you over to lakeland. first time we've seen clouds but still a beautiful start to the day. we're at 54 and they were in the lower 40s yesterday so big difference in temps. end result will be the same, though. back to upper 70s under mostly sunny skies. >>vanessa: wonderful, dave. thank you. 6:30. we're checking back in, in the st. pete crash. 22nd avenue north and 28th street, starting to see some cleanup now in the area and it looks like they're getting a of the directions that were affected so plan extra time and please be careful as the cleanup continues here. live look here at 275 north end of the bridge. southbound lanes are heading away from us and all the tampa bound traffic is picking up. travel times s

i'm laura moody. >>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. first, it is already a busy morning on the roads. let's go to vanessa. >>vanessa: we want to start off with what's been underway along 275, around 11:00 last night, fhp responded to a deadly crash. this is near the junction with i-4. what we're told is the crash involves a county deputy is involved. we don't know if they're one in the same person and one person is dead. authorities not releasing that person's identity. we're working to get more information on this. all the northbound and southbound lanes blocked completely. now all lanes are clear and we can point out good news here. no lingering delays so it shouldn't be a traffic concern at this hour. we do have a traffic alert that you looking at the water main break repairs in the eastbound direction. two lanes are blocked heading this way between 22nd and north 30th streets. this is an extension of an earlier project. we sent the chopper overhead. it looked clear. right now only one lane is open eastbound and crews now have hopes

i'm laura moody. it is friday, november 25th. it is the day after thanksgiving. >> we got a warm weekend coming up. a lot of family hanging around the house today. right now. he's got a look at the forecast. we started the week really pretty cool outside. we really had a pretty big warm up as we've gone through the week. we're seeing just scattered clouds overhead. alleges patchy fog and few areas first thing this morning. that is pretty much done with. and we will continue to see really a nice afternoon. there you see some of those clouds over downtown tampa right now. and as far as temperatures really pretty mild. tampa 67 degrees. still looking a 50s to our north currently at 56 degrees. bradenton 65. down in sarasota currently at 68 agrees. thanksgiving's over we've got family heading back home, the airports actually in pretty good shape across the north really no weather to speak of that's going to slow things down. just heavy volume as we go that you the day. in fact, from coast to coast, we are looking currently at no dela

>>laura: and i'm laura moody. we'll check in with dave for a look at the forecast. >>dave: a little over 15 minutes until a gorgeous sunrise today. as we're getting ready to walk out the door and head on our morning commute, it's lovely. it we're current until tampa at 65 degrees. decent amount of sunshine as well. by the way, we get to the afternoon hours, we're going to be very similar to yesterday. we get up to around 82 degrees. mixture of clouds and sun, a bit breezy along the coastline. it gets even better as we head into this veterans day weekend. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. >>vanessa: and right now sky fox is checking outed howard direction. you can see it looks like one of the remaining vehicles is about to be moved away. you still have the right lane blocked. good news, i guess you could say, delays are now holding fairly steady at five minutes or so. so give yourself at least five extra minutes or possibly more because we're starting to get toward the busier part of the commute now. take that into account. whether you want to stick with we do

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((laura 2shot) good morning, i'm laura moody ((russell)) and >>laura: good morning. i'm laura moody. >>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. let's get to dave for a look at weather. >>dave: good morning. yesterday was nice. today is almost near perfect. i mean, look. the beautiful blue sky we have and the sun will be up in 15 minutes or so. 62 degrees the brookdale, bayshore camera. north-northeast winds at three miles per hour and how beautiful overlakeland and lake mirror where it's 59 degrees this morning. so not only a little cooler but sunshine, looking at high temperatures getting up close to 80 degrees. a beautiful november day weatherwise. >>vanessa: thank you. overall looking nice on the roads. don't have any big incidents reported and a look at bridges, you can see that everything is running up to speed between pinellas and hillsborough county. selmon expressway, we want to see how the toll road is fairing. looks good here as well. crash-free and looks like we're still slowdown free in the get between 75 and gandy either way you're going. >>laura: from new york

. >>> and good friday morning we made it i'm laura moody. i'm russell rhodes. >> i don't know where he went. he was here just a minute ago. creepy. >>> the dark side. >>> sorry. just kidding. russell. i am your father. >> we are in the mid 60s. it's beautiful out here. everybody bit as beautiful as yesterday. in fact, ironing we're about two degrees warmer than we were yesterday at this time. and everybody's in the 60s. it's so interesting how places like brooksville and crystal river get into the 40s and in like two hours later they are we're running two to 4 degrees warmer than norm pull couple spots warmer than wesley chapel haines city 8, nine degrees warmer. still think we finish off today in the lower 80s. wind up late tomorrow front comes through tomorrow night and florida winter for sunday into monday. we'll talk all about that in a few minutes. all right sounds good. thank you, dave. 9:0 one. we're still watching slow downs on northbound 75 in hillsborough. saw fire trucks blocking up a right lane in this area. camera near tampa exe

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>>laura: and i'm laura moody. check in with dave osterberg for a look at the forecast. >>dave: 56 degrees. in many spots we're at the 50s. coastline are still in the 60s but it's pretty outside and the sun will be up in a little bit. gorgeous as we continue this lovely, lovely stretch of weather. the lakeland net camera, 57 degrees. again, there are a few 60s sprinkles in there along the immediate coastline, even 40s in citrus county. very similar, though. i think what we're going to do is literally go back to 81 for a high temperature today. 78 tomorrow. much cooler for sunday after this front comes through tu will be felt monday morning and i'll talk about those temperatures in just a few minutes. okay? >>vanessa: looking forward to it. thanks, dave. it's 6:30. we want to take a look at our interstate drive times and we don't have anything major happening on the interstates, crashwise or constructionwise so it should be a smooth ride for you. take a look southbound 275. drivers, coming from the tampa side of the howard frankland heading all the way south to the will b

>>laura: and i'm laura moody. it's ahead and more. jim web ser in for dave osterberg. >>jim: we've been looking at a little patchy fog in a few areas but overall, not that thick. it will be burning off quickly. just a beautiful view over sunrise there. we're starting out actually pretty mild. here in tampa we're at 67 degrees. lakeland, cooler at 67. 57 for bartow. down in sarasota, 67 degrees. across the northern counties, brooksville 54 along with crystal river. we're all heading into the upper 70s and low 80s for this afternoon. partly cloudy skies. by lunchtime, we're in the mid to upper 70s and topping out in the lower 80s as we go through the afternoon. a working across the state as we go through the weekend. we'll usher in maybe a little drier air that will clear out the skies some and drop the temperatures just a couple of degrees. we'll talk more about that in a little bit. but time right now is 7:01. let's check on the roads with courtney bright. >> we're in good shape. take a look at i-75 and state road 60 through the brandon area. as many people head out sh

>>jennifer: and i'm jep jep filling in for laura moody. first you might want to avoid 56th street and hillsborough avenue. we have more on that. >>vanessa: it looks like we have a pretty serious motorcyclist involved crash here at north 56th street and hillsborough avenue. we have the intersection mostly blocked here and we have delays building in all directions. now, we do know there's some injuries of some sort that are reported here at last check b nature and we might deal with an extended closure in the area. we would avoid this area if you can. we do have work arounds for you. instead of 56th, take harny -- harney or 40th street. >>dave: we have a little fog in the middle of polk county. that's where it seems to be concentrated, that plus eastern citrus and sumter. you're getting ready to walk out the door. temperatures, there are a lot of us still in the lower 70s. not to mention it's humid as well. high temperatures today should easily make it back to the lower 80s with a mixture of clouds and sunshine. let me tell you, off to the n

>>laura: and i'm laura moody. it's tuesday, november 22. we'll start with a check on the chilly forecast with dave osterberg. >>dave: top 'o the morning. it's cold to the north. 34 in brooksville, 44 in leesburg and 42 in wesley chapel. you have this real cold start. let me tell you, the sun just

i'm laura moody. >> you're saying being exasperating there. i think i'm not alone. yeah. we'll move on. let's move on. good morning, everybody. you think this week was long? yeah. let's talk about something. laura. look at something. look at this. look how beautiful it is. all of those flowers what are those are mums. how did we get these? just showed up. i love it. it's beautiful thank you to whom ever sent the sflours our way. almost as pretty laura moody. almost. >> thick in here. temperatures in upper 60s. there we go. we just touched the big 70. dew point is 65. and north wind at 5 miles per hour. it is a lovely, lovely start to the day. 71 in clearwater. 70 in st. petersburg. 72 in sarasota. i think we will make it back to lower 80s for you today. it would be awesome. partly cloudy. warm. temperatures will cool down just a couple of degrees for the weekend. as this front comes through. we'll talk all about that in just a few minutes. vanessa. all right, thanks, dave. we'll see you in a few machines. and we want to start off with a look right now. ago. hillsborough a

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>>laura: and i'm laura moody. it's ahead and a whole lot more. first your holiday forecast from dave osterberg. >>dave: up and at em and the best holiday. just my opinion. 63 degrees in the tampa net cam, showing us how gorgeous it is. sun came up a couple of minutes ago. maybe you're going for a walk along the beach this morning. that looks stunning with a temperature of 64 57. everybody is mild. it's going to be a nice, warm afternoon. clouds and sunshine and high temperatures today around 80 degrees. enjoy it. >>laura: thank you, dave. new this morning, pinellas county detectives identify the man they fatal the shot during a confrontation last night. >>russell: william beavers told him. he deputies were responding to a fight between beaver and his girlfriend. deputy green has been put on routine, paid leave until the investigation is done. >>laura: police are charging johnny moore with second degree murder. he's accused of killing his friend, randall wright. wright was found after reports of a gunshot. neighbors say moore was living in a campe

i'm laura moody. good morning. thanks for waking up with us it's a beautiful thanksgiving out there. let's check in with dave right now with look a forecast today and tomorrow, just nice and nicer, right? next two days, today and have over next 7. so we spent all week modifying air mass modifying air mass we greet you here at 8 o'clock, it's 64 degrees in tampa. mid 50s a few spots inlands upper 50s to north. we're going finish today with a temperature around 80 degrees. we might mix a few clouds to be honest it it's going to be absolutely beautiful. get out this and enjoy it a tomorrow near 80 a maybe a bit of a drying trend. i we will talk more about in few minutes. all right dave, thank you. got to tell you we were a little surprised this morning when we sent alcides outside to basilica pro shops. there very different story last year no one waiting to get in we've since learned their good reasons for that the store opened just a few minutes ago and an alcides has been there all morning long. where are you now? y

>>laura: and i'm laura moody. first the friday forecast from absolutely gorgeous. but i will tell you this, especially north of tampa, grab a jacket. it is much cooler this morning. look at the 40s crystal river at 46, brooksville at 47. wesley chapel 55. tampa 60 and 59 in bradenton. need the light jackets this morning. rest of the veterans day forecast, stunning. highs in the upper 70s. good morning. >>vanessa: we want to touch on trouble spots this morning. some are carrying over from the last ho vehicle fire on northbound 75. no reports of any lane blocks here but fhp cautioning drivers may see smoke in the area so please be careful. pinellas county, we had a crash blocking the exit ramp off 275 southbound at mlk. looks like that is completely cleared out as is this crash on i-4 westbound at 75. seeing no lingering delays here. still waiting for this one to clear out of pinellas in the area of belleair, delays still we have one lane blocked in the southbound direction. >>laura: thank you. trump administration is starting to take shape. >>russell: and protestors

>>laura: and i'm laura moody. we'll check back in with dave for a look at the forecast. >>dave: good morning. there's enough moisture around that we've had a couple of sprinkles but also some fog. i know brandon, the visibility has dropped below a mile. also near brooksville, we have a little bit of it's not widespread and it's not a huge deal but you may notice it as you walk out the door this morning. temps low to mid 60s and one of the reasons is because of all the cloud cover that we've had so i do expect mostly cloudy skies to continue today. a slow warmup. we'll get back in the mid 70s. it should be a decent day overall. let's see if any of the fog impacts our roadways this morning. >>vanessa: traffic is certainly i don't know. we do have to check in on to mean of the visibility concerns right now, dave. you mentioned you're seeing that in the eastern hillsborough county area. this is the camera along i-4 closer to county line road which, by the way, apologize. they keep moving the shot around there at the fdot center. we have a crash newly reported in the area, an

>>laura: and i'm laura moody. we have all that ahead and more. dave osterberg. >>dave: sun is up. we do have a lot of cloud cover around. the clouds will give way to sunshine later today. 61 degrees in the tampa area. look at the 50s we have. crystal river, wesley chapel, lakeland, bartow, frost proof and then 60s near the coastline. we will break out of sunshine later today. as we do, the 70. >>vanessa: we have a big crash along 75 northbound. sky fox showing us the area near i-4. a crash blocking all but two lanes so we have delays as all that traffic is reduced to two lane heading towards that i-4 area. backups all the way to the selmon expressway and use 301 instead. a whole lot of red on the map. accident at east lake road, southbound right lanes blocked at trinity boulevard. plan extra time here and we're still following this crash out of wimauma. shut down due to a potentially serious injury crash. medical chopper is in route so it could be a mess for a little while. >>laura: thank you. a polk county school employee will fight to keep her job today. >>russell: she's accused

i'm laura moody. good morning we thank you for waking up with us on monday morning november 14th we need to get look at the forecast with dave osterberg. morning. a lot of cloud cover around right now. and the visibility its beginning to get better we did have fog but i'm show you lakeland net camera 64 degrees and cover cast skies. really not a big deal. i mean brook dale bay shore you and there at 65. an then out toward the beach where we of mostly cloudy skies and 64 degrees. so keeping with that cloudy or mostly cloudy theme for today. i think we should still manage to make it back up into the mid 70s. i think decent overall vanessa. >> yeah, absolutely no complaints with that. >> all right dave, thank you. it's 8:0 one on roadways we want to get back to i-4 good news for folks even though still reporting lane blocks westbound i-4 polk county parkway number 27 exit, looks like you might want to plan few extra minutes still if you have to head this way other than i don't see a big need to take any

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>>laura: and i'm laura moody. all that ahead and more. first the forecast from dave sun up in 2 1/2 minutes and we have 69 degrees the current temperature but it's the second number, that dew point in the mid 60s. because of that southeasterly wind, we started to raise that humidity up a bit. it's not going to be oppressive but definitely uncomfortable in a few spots where the dew point is in the mid 60s. temperatures now, i think this afternoon and tomorrow for that matter, our high temperatures should sneak back in the lower 80s. maybe, tiniest bit of a rain chance on thursday which i'll talk more about in a little bit. vanessa? >>vanessa: all right. the st. pete police are warning drivers to use caution at these intersections in the st. pete area. there's a power outage so that's causing some signals to be out here and you can see generally focused around the first avenue, second avenue area near 20th street north and also beach drive and fifth avenue northeast. treat that as a four-way stop county area could be causing some concerns.

>>laura: and i'm laura moody. it's tuesday, november 22. we'll start with a check on the chilly forecast with dave osterberg. >>dave: top 'o the morning. it's cold to the north. 34 in brooksville, 44 in leesburg and 42 in wesley chapel. you have this real cold start. let me tell you, the sun just and we'll warm things up very quickly and yesterday we hit 70 degees. today we'll do better. bring it up to about 75. >>vanessa: thank you. take a look right now at the howard frankland bridge north end where things are looking good northbound and southbound. by the way, this is going to be the northbound direction and that will be heading into tampa where you have an eight minute drive once you get to the north end of the bridge all the way to the interchange. nine minutes driving northbound. 75 selmon to fletcher and we do building westbound on i-4 heading to the interchange. >>russell: this morning out of tennessee, a horrible tragedy just before the holidays. a school bus crashed, killing at least five children. dozens of other kids taken to th

i'm laura moody. >>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. thank you for being here. first the forecast from dave. good morning. >>dave: good morning. it's grab a jacket again. hours because then we're going to warm up very quickly thanks to that drier air that's sitting in place so the dew point may be 52. air temperature is 58. east-northeast winds at three miles per hour. look at the 40s. brooksville at 40 degrees. crystal river, 43. brandon 48. lakeland 48. bartow 48 and mild temperatures today should bring us back up close to 80 later this afternoon. vanessa? >>vanessa: thanks. and we're still dealing with a handful of crashes. most of them are not going to be blocking any lanes. this is impactful one we're dealing with and it's continuing from the last hour. haines city, u.s. 27, crashes reported at county road 546. northbound lanes are going to be blocked and we're hearing all the northbound traffic is going to be passing by in the left-turn lane. it will be slower than normal for that area. if you can avoid, please do so. take 10th street which is going to be

i'm laura moody. th friday november 18th. let's get straight to dave. beautiful. day after day after day of this. i know. we're currents willing up to about 62 degrees. that's where we are tampa international dew points in the mid 50s with that northeast wind at 5 miles per hour. hey. we're back up above 50 now in crystal river. they are at 52. 56 in west el chapel 55 in brandon. another stellar day. another warm afternoon. as well. and then, we'll wait on cold front to come 32 saturday talk about what that's going to do for second half the weekend in few minutes. all right dave, thanks. right now if you're just joining with yous major delays northbound over skyway bridge after a crash blocked for one point in the morning. all of the lanes. now just a single right lane close to at top of the bridge. left lane passing severe severe back ups in this ar or so worth of delays if you're crossing water here i highly encourage if you think to get to 75 and use that work around. please do. you can see how far those delays trickle back to about u.s. 41 is where we're seein

i'm laura moody. let"s check in w >>russell: welcome. i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm mad mood. we'll look at the forecast. >>dave: good morning on this our temperatures, at least along the coastline, are well above normal. 70 degrees in clearwater. 71 in st. petersburg. upper 60s in sarasota, tampa, there are still a couple of spots in the upper 50s. enjoying the sunshine, enjoy the warmth. we're back up in the mid 80s for today. as we talked about yesterday, a cold front just a few days away. so we'll discuss that in a little bit. >>vanessa: see you in a few minutes, the roadways. we have a new crash that's reported. doesn't look like the actual crash site is going to be in the road blocking lanes but f.h.p. is reporting some debris here at bruce b downs boulevard. keep your eyes pealed as you make your way through that intersection and we're watching u.s. 19. we have southbound lane blocks, two lanes blocked at fox hollow drive. an island in the alafia river. it's been more than 12 hours since he was reported missing and authorities are no closer to

and that was our law laura moody reporting up and run they documented damage from hermine. they are doing construction time lapse commercials. and again this is a commercial drone operation. the rules for hobbyists are bit more lacks. there's an app that's worth checking out called before you fly. it will get you started. well its perfect weather today if you want to go fly your drone. it's beautiful. yeah. fantastic. we had some clouds around yesterday. a couple of sprinkles here and there. that was just about it. nobody really had any measurable rain. that is long gone. and we are left with a beautiful looking day. we actually had a frontal boundary. we will called a cold front it really didn't bring much cooler air. just a little bit drier air and just cleared out the skies giving us a nice sunny skies. in fact we will stay with these sunny skies all the way into the weekend. and looks like maybe first part of next thing things change a little bit. look temperatures very delightful. here in tampa 63. even had some 40s. brooksville, 48 degrees this morning wesley chapel a

>>laura: and love and marriage. it seems more couples are us part" part. i'm laura moody. >>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. let's start with the weather and dave. >>dave: it's gorgeous outside. granted for most of us, you need just that light jacket, especially inland and north. you will not need it by about 10:00 this morning so a very similar setup running out the door. close to 60 in tampa but as you go further north, parts of hernando and citrus the 80s. big cooldown for sunday. we'll discuss that in a few minutes. >>vanessa: we have two big trouble spots on the roadways right now, and we want ta start with the latest crash northbound at the sunshine skyway bridge. live look here, close to the top. this is south of the south tower where actually for several minutes, we watched as there was a temporary stoppage of all the north bound lanes. just recently they reopened the left lane to drivers. so definitely some delays to be seen in the area. so take that into account, whether you decide to take 75 or just give yourself that extra 15 minutes at the very least to make i

laura moody has morning off thanks for waking on wednesday november 30th. is dave outside? he's not right there. i am assuming he is. where did he go in that was in break room. sorry we got to talk about this. yeah. no. unfortunately, 5 people have been killed in this storm moving across southeast three of them in this tornado in northeastern alabama. in town of ross lee happened late last night even this severe weather. this is one of those systems it's helping some and absolutely hurting others. because i take you to skytower radar. you can see the big line of showers and thunderstorms. and thing is, is the worst of the weather has been in alabama down through portions of manny ramirez. you see the tornado watches that continue at this hour. the way it's helping is the beneficial rain that they are getting in eastern tennessee. they desperately need that rain to put out these fires or take care of all of those hot spots they are getting but at the same time you're getting severe weather south and east of there. we've got a little bit of fog not where i'm standing where i'

((laura >>russell: welcome. i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm laura moody. let's start off with a look at the forecast the way we always do and dave osterberg. >>dave: good tuesday morning. beautiful outside. i'm looking at the lakeland net cam now and you can see a little cloud cover. what you can't see is it's a lot warmer and a bit muggier than it was yesterday at this time. a lot of us, a lot the coastline. we have mid 60s for you inland and that will translate as temperatures get back in the lower 80s this afternoon. i'm thinking 82 degrees with a mixture of clouds and sunshine. okay? >>vanessa: all right. thank you. and everything seems to be moving along quite nicely on the roadways right now. 275 in the area of bearss is where we're checking out and just a couple of cars on the roadways. ideal travel time southbound and only taking nine minutes from the interchange up to the area where we're looking live. it's nine minutes between fowler avenue and the selmon along 75 and one minute longer, 10 minutes along westbound i-4 between 75 and the interchang

i'm laura moody. >>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. a lot ahead but weather, very important the next few days. let's hear from dave. >>dave: why do you put so much pressure on me? i'm going to tell you here it just gets nicer and nicer. look at that beautiful sunrise. book dale, bayshore camera. not to mention it is warmer than yesterday at this time. i got most of us, most of us in the 50s versus the 40s and even in the lower 60s so there it is. sun just came up a couple of minutes ago. we're looking at temperatures in the upper 50s for tampa, bradenton, sarasota is in the mid 50s. you have clearwater at 60, 61 in st. petersburg. even crystal river which was around freezing yesterday at this time, they're starting at 52 degrees so really, a lovely, lovely forecast with high temperatures today back to the upper 70s. vanessa? >>vanessa: thank you. 7:01. on the roadways, our o the one carrying over from the last report in the last hour. university parkway and cattleman road and this is in the sarasota area. just the left lane is going to

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>>laura: and i'm laura moody. let's get the morning started with traffic. we'll start with dave. >>dave:er a few degrees warmer than yesterday overall and the other thing is i actually have a couple of sprinkles and i know there's nothing in the viewing area right now, but maybe northeast citrus, northeast polk gets a quick sprinkle as does the moisture work across the state. clouds, sunshine today and temperatures above normal. mid 80s for highs this afternoon. >>vanessa: thank you. complaints for the big roadways. no crashes on the interstate systems that are causing lane blockage. we're taking a live look at i-4 in the area of the hillsborough 301 area. looks like we're starting to pick up a little bit with the volumes out there but so far, so good with the travel times. don't forget, we're following this out of pasco. westbound lanes are blocked following a crash at the intersection with grand club drive so make sure you're planning extra time for detours. best one is going hill drive. >>russell: we are following a fox 13 news alert out of des moines, iowa. we've learned that

i'm laura moody. good morning. we thank you for waking up with us. it's thursday, november 3rd and a busy morning on roads. we will get straight to vanessa with look at traffic p.m. >> good morning guys unfortunatelies it seems like a roads exploded. we have a few nts we want to catch you up to speed with fur afollowing the last hour just joining earlier screen shot of shout bound memorial highway in area of airport. that is clear unfortunately it will still being alleges bilth longer until delays are clear. right now taking about 45 minutes to get from top to the bottom. so delay haves actually grown since last time we checked in here. so plan extra time or avoid the area. pinellas county drivers, delays also growing here. northbound on 275. and this earlier crash north of 54th avenue north has moved to shoulder. >> you want to plan extra time ear better yet not lot of time to minutes by taking northbound u.s. 19 instead of 275. out of sarasota bayfront drive shut down that's u.s. 41 at sell bee gardens following a crash police avoid and good news h

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is laura moody.. young alex left the president some pretty clear instructions.. he could park in his family's driveway in scarsdale, new york.. where they'd be waiting with flags, flowers and balloons.. alex and omran would then play with his toys.. and give him a family.. his letter tugged at so many heartstrings.. including the presidents.. so much so.. alex and his family were invited by the white house speechwriting team to visit.. nearly two months later.. they met face to face.. took place on november 10th.. but the white house just released the video.. in it -- the president speaks to alex.. and shares with him, the true impact of his words.. according to alex's family... there was barely a dry eye in the house. his mother told the president shook her hand.. and thanked them for raising such a compassionate child.. alex and his family left washington with another letter.. this one from the president to him -- expressing his confidence that if more people embraced his kind of compassion.. the world would be a better place.. to top it all off.. alex's mom sa

>>laura: and i'm laura moody. check in with dave for a look at the forecast. >>dave: it really is beautiful outside this morning. i have 61 degrees in crystal river. brooksville, lower 60s. tampa international at 67 and 69 in st. petersburg. you look at the temperatures around the state, we're getting to the mid 70s or so over south florida and i just think in general, it will be another absolutely beautiful day today. you have the sunshine, the warmth. temperatures running a few degrees above up to about 84 for later today. vanessa? >>vanessa: right now we want to check in on the skyway bridge. 6:31 right now. you can see no big delays here but we have word from f.h.p. of high winds reported near the top of the bridge so use caution especially if you have a higher profile bridge. you see the bridge is open so you shouldn't be experiencing any needs to do work arounds or slowdowns. we lost the video stream. just be careful out there. we'll update you with another morning, the death of former u.s. attorney general janet reno. her goddaughter released a statemen

i'm laura moody. >>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. welcome. a lot going on this morning but it's also ask a lawyer day. number to call for free legal advice will be at the bottom of breaking news. there's been an accident involving a bus. let's get to vanessa for that. >>vanessa: good morning. we have sky fox on scene at fowler and nebraska. we're hearing it's a reported school bus crash. we have some lane reductions here. it looks like they cleared out one lane so now we have a left lane blocked and this might involve a pedestrian. this is the bus we see. there's a school bus that's in a parking lot nearby. a few minutes ago we saw a person in the roadway loaded onto seems like this is a school bus involved crash and a pedestrian involved crash. it could be slow. this is westbound fowler near nebraska. as we get more information, particularly about the extent of injuries to that pedestrian, we'll definitely let you know. meantime, we do have another serious crash that's working and it's going to be in the lake wales area. it's a point of refe

i'm laura moody good morning. it friday november 4th we thank you for waking up with us. we need to get day of the way we always do look at the friday how about this shot from brook dale bay shore camera. we're sitting there about 62 degrees. no, just bumped to 64 as it was switching to graphic. that's cool. 64 with light winds. it's beautiful out there. over tarred usf marine science camera 69 degrees with north wind at six miles per hour. we're anticipating our highs today to go back to lower 80s which is awesome. front comes through tonight. and we dry it out a little bit for tomorrow. plus knock temperatures back a few degrees. literally just a few minutes from now. >>> 8:0 one. we're seeing some improvements here along 275 southbound approaching i-4. more particularly approaching sligh where we would an earlier crash which now cleared out center lane and probably going to be in shoulder at this point. we have some big improvements as i mentioned down from about 40 minutes in our last check on the stretch between bearss and i-4 to about 26 minutes. so as you can see p

>>laura: and i'm laura moody. good morning. long morning for cubs fans. alcides segui is checking out some local connections. first we need the forecast with dave osterberg. >>dave: i have a lot of mid to upper 60s for temps. 64 in brandon, 69 in tampa. back to few lower 70s continue. st. petersburg, sarasota and venice. we -- you know, just like yesterday, that northeast wind, we've got a few little sprinkles that have worked toward the east coast of the state and eventually work their way west. one or two isolated sprinkles mixing in with some cloud cover today but you know, we're still going to get back well above normal. high temperatures in the mid 80s for today. vanessa, good morning. >>vanessa: we're getting word from the polk county sheriff's now. they're working a crash that involves a semi truck and a second vehicle. this is about two miles east of state road 60's intersection with highway 630. and the good news is, this is not involving any serious injuries but we do hear that all lanes are blockedment just to give you an idea, the sheriff's of

>>laura: and i'm laura moody. first we need the election day forecast from dave osterberg. >>dave: and it is beautiful. pretty outside this morning. lakeland net camera shows it to you. i know that the temperature is right over where the sun is of how pretty it is in polk county. in fact, most of the country, the weather looks great for election day. we'll have that northeast wind again today so we'll keep it relatively mild this afternoon with a mixture of clouds and sunshine. we're going to sneak right back up into the lower 80s for high temperatures. enjoy it. >>vanessa: thanks, dave. looks like the biggest incident on the road is going to be along 275. it's northbound direction in case you're were watching this crash in the last report and it's going to be infecting drivers who will be heading north past the fowler avenue area. it is taking up a left lane. we have authorities on scene but i'm not seeing tow trucks so it could be locker until this is cleared out. the good news is we're seeing delays under five minutes or so so you can plan that extra time or if you just

i'm law laura moody. i'm russell rhodes outside with dave. there's no reason to, you get to polling place you have to stand in line there's no reason not to enjoy it today, right? >> i mean, this is gorgeous. this is why we live here. yes, it is. yes, it is i mean you. i mean you and the weather.

is laura moody.. morning guys.. well we all know this campaign has been a bitter one on both sides.. and that was reflected in the issues.. and the rhetoric... and as voters walked away from the polls-- here are some of their thoughts the united states.. americans overwhelmingly said the economy was number one on their list.. maybe a little lower on the list than some would expect was immigration.. the topic was highly contested amongst donald trump and hillary clinton supporters. trump campaigned on the promise that he would build a wall between mexico and the u-s.. to stop the flow of illegal immigrants.. he even said that mexico would pay for it.. but exit polling suggests 54 percent of voters.. aren't comfortable with the idea of a border barrier.. this may be the most shocking.. donald trump -- the new president elect.. only came out with a 38 percent favourability rating.. 60-percent on the other side.. as for hillary clinton.. she was also viewed unfavourably.. although less so than trump.. and another supris

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laura moody joins us now with the story about an amazing reunion. she escaped fidel castro's cuba twenty years ago. she's now an american citizen. and over the "azany nieves'" mother snuck her out of cuba inside a duffle bag. the two spent 10 months at guantanamo bay and there, the then 8 year-old befriended private first class "chester gardner" who was stationed at the base on a humanitarian mission. he was just 18 at the time, but the two bonded instantly. after she left the base, the two tried to exchange letters. but time took it's course. and over the weekend, the two met for the first time since she left to start her a friendship built under difficult circumstances and a reunion that was two decades in the making. nieves says with every year that passes-- she grows even more no closed captioning is the florida gators are playing for the sec championship this weekend for a 2nd straight year... while this is a lopsided matchup with alabama... the tide is favored by 24 points.. . the gators have to get a lot of credit for just getting here... flo